A Midsummer Night's Dream - in Norwegian

Royal ShakesBEER Company presents: "Thirteenth Night or Ka di vil" by William Shakespeare translated into Norwegian by Hans-Magnus Ystgaard.

Experience Shakespeare in the beautiful Herresalen – as if it were Blackfriars in London in the 17th century, with a Trøndelag twist.

A shipwreck. A pair of twins separated by the sea. A girl in men's clothing, a duke with heartbreak – and a countess who falls in love with the wrong person. The Thirteenth Night is Shakespeare's sunny, intricate comedy about love gone astray, longing and laughter – about everyone who loves wrongly, and yet ends up right. Ten actors and three musicians perform the play on a budget, close to the audience, as it was in Shakespeare's time.

A performance for the whole family, in one of Trondheim's most beautiful halls, during Summer in Borggården.

• Location: The Herresalen hall in the Archbishop's Palace (Erkebispegården)
• Duration: approximately 90 minutes
• Suitable for ages 10 and up
• The venue is accessible
• N.B. This theater performance is held in Norwegian

Actors:
Fredrik Paalssønn Aakerhus
Kristoffer Senneset
Kristina Kiberg
Eline Hallem
Thea LM Lekang
Mari Amalie Hove
Sindre J. Karlsholm
Emil Aagård Hairdressers
Sofie Sende Iversen
Haakon MA Smestad

Musicians:
Hans Melhus
Jorunn Sterten Melhus
Hans Mikkel Sterten Melhus/ Espen Mindrebø/ Jørgen Dretvik

Production and artistic team:
Director: Alessandra Felli
Costume designer: Trine Aa. Bøhler
Composition: Hans Melhus and Jorunn Sterten Melhus
Stage fight instructor/stunt: Kristoffer Jørgensen
Choreographer: Kine Kvarme Tørring
Artistic director/producer: Haakon MA Smestad
Conductor/prompter: Eirin Lian Rosvold
Prod.Assistant/Sales and Marketing/Volunteer Coordinator: Tuong-Vy Dang
Photographer/Videographer: Patrick D. Webb
Scenographer/props designer: Marie Löwendahl
Stage manager: Gaute Hammer
Assistant carpenter/scenographer/props designer: Marcos Albertus Zumel
Theater painter: Andreas Fortes
Lighting designer/technician: Ingeborg Ulvær Mosand

Collaborators:
Nidaros Cathedral Restoration Workers, Saxenborg Farm by Torgeir and Jorunn Moslet, and Teateratelieret who contributed costumes and props.

Thanks to X-stillas AS and everyone else who has contributed.

Royal ShakesBEER Company is a company founded in 2025, which works based on OP, or Original Practice - that is, we try to approximate the working method we believe Shakespeare and co themselves used, as far as is possible in a Trøndelag context today.